A Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket, which will be used to lift Chang'e 5, is moved to the launch pad at Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Nov 17, 2020. (SHI XIAO / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) Chinese rocket researchers are now definite on the overall structural design for the nation's super-heavy carrier rocket, known […]
China plans to carry out around 60 launch missions this year, according to the country's major space contractors. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor, has more than 50 launch missions planned in 2023, said its annual work report. The report, presented by Zhang Zhongyang, general manager of the State-owned conglomerate, […]
The Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft and three astronauts, takes off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a crewed mission to build China's space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China June 5, 2022. (PHOTO VIA REUTERS) Engines to power China's multiuse carriers, key to developing outer space China's rocket scientists and engineers […]
The crewed spaceship Shenzhou XIII, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gobi Desert, Oct 16, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China's next-generation rocket to carry humans is expected to make its maiden flight around 2027, said a project manager. Zhao Xinguo, a senior rocket designer […]
BEIJING – China has completed the first test of a liquid-propellant rocket engine which has the largest thrust in the country, its developer announced on Saturday. Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the liquid oxygen-kerosene engine has a designed thrust of up to 500 tonnes, about four times that of the current […]
In this file photo dated Dec 7, 2021, a CERES-1 Y2 carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (WANG JIANGBO / XINHUA) JIUQUAN – China on Tuesday launched its CERES-1 Y3 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of China. The rocket blasted off at […]
A Long March 5B rocket sends China's Wentian space lab into space on July 24, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China is a responsible spacefaring actor when it comes to dealing with rocket debris, observers said, challenging NASA Administrator Bill Nelson's accusations regarding Chinese rocket debris. Nelson published a statement on NASA's website on Sunday claiming […]
China's Long March 5B carrier rocket makes its debut flight from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on May 5, 2020. (SU DONG / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) Debris from the recently launched Chinese Long March 5B carrier rocket fell back to Earth early on Sunday morning, with most of the remnants burning up during the […]
The ZK 1A, a new model of carrier rocket, conducts its debut flight at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, July 27, 2022. (WANG JIANGBO / PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) The ZK 1A, a new model of carrier rocket, conducted its debut flight at noon on Wednesday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center […]
An artist's rendering of a space tourism vehicle. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket company owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is designing a set of reusable rocket and spacecraft, with the aim of sending paying passengers on short trips into space, said the company's chairman. Yang Yiqiang, a senior […]
In this July 25, 2019 photo, carrier rocket SQX-1 Y1, developed by a Beijing-based private rocket developer i-Space, sends two satellites into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (I-SPACE / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) JIUQUAN – The launch of the fourth SQX-1 commercial carrier rocket on Friday was unsuccessful. Abnormal performance was […]
Rocket engineer does all he can to ensure safety of China's astronauts Xu Liping works at the Xi'an Aerospace Chemical Propulsion Factory in Shaanxi province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Xu Liping helps make one of the most critical parts on the Long March 2F carrier rocket that sends Chinese astronauts into space. However, he […]
Modified Long March 8 deploys 22 small satellites in orbit in one go People watch the Long March 8 carrier rocket lift off in Wenchang, Hainan province, on Sunday. (SHA XIAOFENG / FOR CHINA DAILY) A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket transported 22 satellites into orbit on Sunday morning in its […]
WENCHANG, HAINAN – China plans to launch its new generation carrier rocket Long March-8 Y2 between late February and early March from the southern island of Hainan, sources with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the country's leading rocket maker, said on Friday. The Long March-8 Y2 rocket arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch […]
Long March 2D rocket carrying the Shiyan 13 experimental satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province, Jan 17, 2021. (PHOTO BY ZHENG TAOTAO / PROVIDED TO CHINADAILY.COM.CN) China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Monday morning, kicking off the country's space program for 2022. The launch […]
A Chinese Long March 3B carrier rocket blasts off at 0:43 am on Thursday from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, marking the 48th flight of the Long March rocket family this year. (LIU GUOXING / FOR CHINA DAILY) China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket at Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan […]
A CERES 1 Y2 carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Dec 7, 2021. (WANG JIANGBO / XINHUA) Galactic Energy, a carrier rocket maker in Beijing, has become the first private enterprise in China to have conducted two orbital missions that placed satellites in outer space. The company's CERES […]
China has conducted the first ignition test for the world's most powerful solid-propellant rocket engine. (PHOTO / CHINANEWS.COM) Chinese space engineers have conducted the first ignition test of the most powerful solid-propellant rocket engine in the world, which will be used on new-generation rockets, according to the Academy of Aerospace Solid Propulsion Technology in Xi'an, […]
China's new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 blasts off at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province Dec. 22, 2020. (YANG GUANYU / XINHUA) BEIJING – China has successfully tested technology that can control the landing sites of falling rocket fairings, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT). The […]
BEIJING – The debris of the last stage of the Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket reentered the atmosphere at 10:24 am on Sunday (Beijing Time), most of which already burned up, the China Manned Space Agency said. ALSO READ: China says rocket debris very unlikely to cause damage The vast majority of the debris burned up […]
